| NWS Forecast for: Cerro Gordo County Issued by: National Weather Service Des Moines, IA Last Update: 447 PM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 | |
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A chance of flurries after midnight. Breezy with lows around zero. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph this evening, then becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Sunday: Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow in the morning, then snow likely in the afternoon. Patchy blowing snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation around an inch. Windy with highs around 19. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, increasing to northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 70 percent. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Patchy blowing snow. Windy, cold with lows around 6 below. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph in the evening. Wind chill values as low as 30 below. Martin Luther King Jr Day: Mostly sunny. Highs around 5 above. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 30 below. Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 3 below. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs around 20. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Not as cool. Near steady temperature around 15. Chance of snow 30 percent. Wednesday: Partly sunny. Highs around 20. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above zero. Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above. Friday: Partly sunny. Highs around 15. Temperature falling to around 10 above in the afternoon. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows 5 below to 10 below zero. Wind chill values as low as 20 below. Saturday: Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs zero to 5 above zero. Wind chill values as low as 25 below. | |
| Zone Forecast: Cerro Gordo County | |
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